The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

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Named "Video Game Player of the Century" in 1999, Billy Mitchell sets a record score in "Donkey Kong" that many felt would never be broken. In 2003 Steve Wiebe, who has recently lost his job, learns about the record, sets out to beat it and does. So both men embark on a cross-country battle for inclusion in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records as the supreme king of the electronic game.

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Who would have guessed that a documentary about gamers obsessed with scoring a world record at Donkey Kong would not only be roaringly funny but serve as a metaphor for the decline of Western civilization?
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If we were going to make a list of our all-time favorite movie villains, Billy Mitchell, the American-flag-tie-wearing arcade stud from the 2007 documentary 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,' ...